saddles are bottomed out- action still a tad higher than i like...

Would you file the slots on your bridge saddle to get your string height down? (the nut slots are almost at the fingerboard)

The saddles on my Sq VM Fl are bottomed out. The neck is as high as it can go without causing weird fret noises. I have the Gotoh (black) 201 bridge on it. I just need the action to be a lil lower. The stock Fender gave me no such trouble - but I have blacked everythng else out on the bass.....but it is getting frustrated- almost want to give up and put the stock (chrome) back on thp it ruins the look!!

cant figure out why nobody but you suggested this to me.....
gonna take your advice and only your advice and shim the neck... was gonna use them on my SX ...but with a lil truss rod work i got that situation well in hand.

Never shimmed a neck before..i have two 2" by 2 3/4" shims ... put both or one under the bottom of the neck pocket at an angle or straight up and down?

Don't shim the whole neck pocket. Take something like a credit card and cut it to fit all the way across the neck pocket and between the bottom neck screws and the end of the neck - about 1/4"-3/8" to 2 3/8". That'll give the neck a slight angle. Try that, and go from there.

If you don't want to shim the neck, you can always whip out a 1 HP router and route a 1/16 to 1/8 inch deep pass under your bridge (after removing the bridge of course!). It's a more drastic approach than shimming. Of course you may not be quite as insane as me.